2 Maccabees 2:5

5 And when Jeremiah came thither, he found a hollow cave wherein he laid the tabernacle and the ark and the altar of incense, and so stopped the door.

2 Maccabees 2:5 In-Context

3 And with other such speeches exhorted he them, that the law should not depart from their hearts.

4 "It was also contained in the same writing that the prophet, being warned by God, commanded the tabernacle and the ark to go with him as he went forth onto the mountain, where Moses climbed up and saw the heritage of God.

5 And when Jeremiah came thither, he found a hollow cave wherein he laid the tabernacle and the ark and the altar of incense, and so stopped the door.

6 And some of those who followed him came to mark the way, but they could not find it.

7 When Jeremiah perceived this, he blamed them, saying, `As for that place, it shall be unknown until the time that God gather His people together again and receive them into mercy.